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Building a vision for Government 2.0

Building a vision for Government 2.0need for binding electionsIf Democracy 2.0 is only about more discussion then nothing is really going to change. We need binding elections on issues, that is, we need national ballot initiatives. In 24 states, we have ballot initiatives. Ballot initiatives permit public policy to catch...

Tags: Government, vision, ballot initiative, NI4D, National Initiative

Discussion threads 2009-06-03

Additional Resources

CRM Association-Netherlands Rocks Het Huis!

I'm in love with Amsterdam....no wait, I love it but I'm not in love....no, hold on, I like it a lot, but I'm not in love, nor do I love it. The Theory.... Interestingly enough (to me at least and who else am I really writing this for...

Tags: Car, Amsterdam, Conference, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-16

Industry fight against Google hurts education

So it's NOT OK for Microsoft to control technology......but it IS OK for Google to try and take over the world of information?Sorry...not buying it.Google does no evil, just IS evil?Look at the account TOS. Anything that requires an active Google account -- gMail, gTalk, gApps, etc. -- is...

Tags: Google Inc., education

Discussion threads 2009-08-21

Fortinet and the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI)

After numerous cyber attacks on several federal agency computer systems in the time period following 9/11, The White House determined that the government needed a more comprehensive strategy to defend government networks and sensitive information from hackers and nation states. On January 8, 2008, President Bush launched the Comprehensive National...

Tags: Fortinet Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Government, Hacking, Security, Marketing

White papers 2009-08-04

Analytics in Healthcare: How the Healthcare Industry Will Uncover the Real Value of Electronic Medical Records and the Emerging Electronic Health Record (EHR) Initiative

Electronic Medical Records EMRs and Electronic Health Records EHRs hold great promise to improve the efficiency and quality of patient care while reducing cost and errors. The development of standard data models and a standard lexicon for coding patient care - coupled with government endorsement for a national healthcare information...

Tags: Analytics, Industry, Electronic Health Record, Health Care, E-health, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Human Resources

White papers 2009-08-01

Merchandising Initiative Helps Rocket One of the Fastest-Growing US Retailers to the Top of the S&P 500

As retailers worldwide battle the recession, one chain has actually come out stronger. Charlotte, NC-based Family Dollar led the S&P 500 in stock appreciation and has garnered national attention for continued positive revenue, earnings and same-store sales increases. The challenge was to increase sales by ensuring that each store stocks...

Tags: S&P 500, Stock, SAS Institute, Same-store Sales, Retail, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance

Case studies 2009-08-01

National Aquarium Baltimore Doubles User Productivity by Migrating to Microsoft Windows Vista on Dell Desktops and Laptops

National Aquarium Baltimore needed to minimize administrative, operating system related tasks for its end users, who must share computers due to space limitations and need to make the most of their allotted "Machine time." The Aquarium also needed cost-effective, scalable SAN storage to support a server virtualization initiative. Migrate to...

Tags: Desktop, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Server Virtualization, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Cloud Computing, Storage, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Virtualization, Storage Management, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Case studies 2009-07-01

New England software company could harvest rewards from carbon cap

The only carbon cap trading in the U.S. is now done in the northeastern states, called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative RGGI. Using cap-and-trade market RGGI's collected $360 million through the auctioning of pollution permits in 10 states. This program would stop in 2012 if an overall federal...

Tags: Software, Carbon, Tools & Techniques, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-24

This PC could stand for 'politically correct'

I'm a firm believer in positive reinforcement. Especially of the underdog. That's why I was thrilled to learn that one of the U.K. green system builders that I've been watching from afar, VeryPC, has been named a finalist in the Greening Data Centres category of the National eWell-Being Awards 2009...

Tags: Award, PC, U.K., VeryPC, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-16

U.S. CTO: Infrastructure growth needs private sector investment

The technology backbone of the United States needs a major overhaul and government alone can't do it, the nation's first chief technology officer said today. It's going to take a cooperative effort, including a massive influx of "hundreds of billions" of private capital dollars, for the U.S. to catch up...

Tags: Innovation, U.S., Investment, Government, Leadership, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Cyber czar position will be announced this week

President Obama has signed off on the creation of a cyberczar, someone who will have access to the president and the broad authority to strategize on how to protect America's public and private networks, The Washington Post reports. The big question remains unanswered: What role will the...

Tags: Advisor, Investment, Finance, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-25

Sun & Symantec: A New Breed of Sustainability Leadership?

The passage of the Waxman Markey Bill through the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee this week has left behind it some hard feelings and a split in the business lobby. The US Chamber of Commerce came under severe pressure for lobbying against the...

Tags: Sustainability, Symantec Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Duke Energy Corp., Climate, Chamber, Bjorn Lomborg, Globalization, Security, Strategy, Management, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-05-24

News to know: Salesforce.com; Microsoft; Apple tablet; Google

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com delivers mixed fiscal year outlook: Earnings up, revenue light Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Pop quiz - Which would you choose (Mac vs. PC)? ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Research gives clues for self-cleaning materials, water-striding robots

Self-cleaning walls, counter tops, fabrics, and even micro-robots that can walk on water may all be within reach thanks to the work of scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and at Japan's RIKEN institute. If you ever looked in awe as insects like water striders are able...

Tags: Robot, Droplet, RIKEN, UNL Article, Productivity, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-05-07

DoD Gates: We're always under cyberattack

DoD Gates: We're always under cyberattackThis "private initiative" BS has gone too far!DoD contracts need security teeth in them tied to a cybernoose around the corporate CEO's necks. National security is too important to compromise.My God! We pay enough already so an isolated and secure network is not...

Tags: Hacking, INTERNET, Vertical industries, SECURITY, U.S. Department of Defense, cyberattack, government

Discussion threads 2009-04-22

Australia to build $31 billion fiberoptic broadband network

Australia says it will build a $43 billion Australian, or roughly $30.7 billion USD, national high-speed fiberoptic broadband network. In a surprise decision that rejected bids from some of the country's top telecoms firms, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the Australian government would ask private companies join...

Tags: Broadband Network, Network, Australia, Broadband, Networking, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-07

National Bank Boosts Staff Training With Online Collaboration Solution

Based in Melbourne, the National Australia Bank NAB has more than 25,000 employees working in 800 branches, 180 business banking centers, 110 regional agribusiness locations, and three major contact centers. NAB needed a collaboration infrastructure to support a new self-directed, employee development initiative called The Academy that would provide social...

Tags: Bank, Online Collaboration, National Australia Bank, Training, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-04-01

Can Cloudera take Hadoop commercial?

Cloudera, a Burlingame, Calif. start-up, on Monday said that it has raised $5 million in venture funding and aims to take Hadoop, the open source software behind Facebook, Google and Facebook, to a data center near you. Hadoop is open source software used to store and process...

Tags: Apache Hadoop, Game Plan, Cloudera Distribution, Data Centers, Storage, Team Management, Open Source, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Weasels in the Woodwork

Dennis Howlett makes some terrific points in comparing the new Jive Software 'Social Business Software' that refreshes the Clearspace 2.5 product line today with existing enterprise incumbents. Dennis and his cohorts in the enterprise irregulars have seen a few laps of the enterprise software game...

Tags: Sony Corp., Middle Management, Dennis Howlett, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-03-10

What BearingPoint

What BearingPointGood riddance?The Brits are finding out the hard way about digitizing medical records. Their own national IT project is way over budget and not very close to a solution (I know because I read the Register!). If the FBI can't even get their case file system working, what chance...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Outsourcing, Operational accounting, Financial services, Brits, BearingPoint Inc., acquisition

Discussion threads 2009-02-23